A.Sully Showcase will be held on November 16 and
the last football game will be played on the same day.

B.ARAMARK representatives will be here on November
22 to present their performance report and to meet with administrators.

C.Judy Perry has sent an email regarding the
records retention schedule, reminding departments to review their records
procedures and to update them and send to her.

II.Approval of Minutes

A.10-29-2013 – EC approved the minutes.

III.Old/Unfinished Business

A.Policy Development APM 2.00 – Tabled pending
revision.

B.Signature Authority Policy – tabled pending
review by legal.

C.Motorcycle Rider Course Location – Jim Clouse
met with Mike Latta to explain that the
administration parking lot is not a suitable location. Clouse will send a
letter to explain Latta that the parking lot is not
an option for the course or storage, it will also note that the parking lot at
Jackson Field is about the same size as the one that has been requested, it is
feasible to put them back over there.

D.Print Shop Proposal – EC reviewed the proposal
including the reorganization and the style guidelines. After consideration, the
EC did not approve both concepts.

IV.Reports

A.President’s Report

1.Board of Regents President’s report:

a.Maestas reported that the Guaranteed Price Plan
was discussed by all the presidents.This would freeze tuition for four years.

b.They discussed outsourcing employees like the
program in place at A&M.Some of the
schools are looking into this for cost savings in a variety of departments. Sul
Ross is not interested at this time.

c.The Chancellor asked about HUBs, he would like all
TSUS institutions to focus on increasing business with companies that are
diverse.

d.The Chancellor stated that they are planning to
do an economic development study with CPUPC.SRSU will pay a portion of the costs associated with these costs, as
will all TSUS institutions.

e.Ken Craycraft was at
the BOR meeting and discussed offering dual credit.Maestas will follow up with him.

B.Provost’s
Report

1.The re-organization and name change of the
Business Administration and ASBT program was approved by the Board of Regents.

2.Thurman reported that another university in
China has expressed an interest in a partnership with Sul Ross for graduate
programs in Education.

3.After consultation with Dr. Moore at TSUS, the
low producing programs that were scheduled to be discontinued have now been
determined that they will remain open.

C.CFO’s Report

1.Valenzuela reported that Midwestern and Stephen
F. Austin have contracted out for their investments with Texas A&M.

D.Associate Provost’s Report

1.Sorrels met with Brent Rudrick,
he is in marketing and works as a consultant.Sorrels introduced him to Laura Nelson, PR Director at RGC.

2.Sorrels has been
invited to meet with the executive council for the SWTJC to discuss the library
agreement.

3.He met with Dr. Guerrero, Krista Powell, and Dr.
Goosen about the BSN program and how to proceed with
Alpine’s involvement.Mary Fenton from
Fort Davis has been consulting with RGC about this program.

E.CIO’s Report

1.Gibson reported that they have made an offer for
the Tech II position to Kandace Floyd.

2.Valenzuela asked if Gibson has received new
information from AT&T regarding the land lines.No new information was provided at this time.

3.Property Inventory is in progress, OIT is
working with the P & I department to identify lost or misplaced
equipment.Gibson explained that he is
holding some large purchases in order to evaluate what we have and what we
need.

4.Gibson reported that he is looking into an
internal forum system (similar to the format used by classified ads) for
selling items from students, faculty, and staff that does not necessarily
involve university business.

5.Gibson asked Thurman about Blackboard training
and faculty involvement. Thurman asked for a list of who has been trained and
who needs to be trained.Thurman
requested this information so that we could offer some flexibility to our
faculty. Maestas offered to contact a consultant he has worked with in the past
for some assistance.

3.Request to advertise for Astronomy/Physics
Assistant Professor tenure track. EC approved to be effective Fall 2014. Sorrels suggested that collaboration could be
worked out with RGC since they have some astronomy equipment.

B.SGA Proposal for visitor hours in residence
halls – EC approved the concept to change the visitor hours, it was agreed that
any policy changes would be run through EC for final approval with
recommendations by the director of residential living and the division VP.